Patterns of Locoregional Failure in Patients With Operable Breast Cancer Treated by Mastectomy and Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Tamoxifen and Without Radiotherapy: Results From Five National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Randomized Clinical Trials

Author:

Taghian Alphonse1,Jeong Jong-Hyeon1,Mamounas Eleftherios1,Anderson Stewart1,Bryant John1,Deutsch Melvin1,Wolmark Norman1

Affiliation:

1. From the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Operations and Biostatistical Centers, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project; Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health; and Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; and Aultman Cancer Center, Canton, OH

Abstract

Purpose To assess patterns of locoregional failure (LRF) in lymph node–positive (LN+) breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy (± tamoxifen) and without postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) in five National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project trials. Patients and Methods We examined 5,758 patients enrolled onto the B-15, B-16, B-18, B-22, and B-25 trials. Median follow-up time was 11.1 years. Distribution of pathologic tumor size was ≤ 2 cm, 2.1 to 5 cm, and more than 5 cm in 30%, 52%, and 11% of patients, respectively. Distribution of the number of LN+ was one to three, four to nine, and ≥ 10 in 51%, 32%, and 16% of patients, respectively. Ninety percent of patients received doxorubicin-based chemotherapy. Results The overall 10-year cumulative incidences of isolated LRF, LRF with or without distant failure (DF), and DF alone as first event were 12.2%, 19.8%, and 43.3%, respectively. Cumulative incidences for LRF as first event with or without DF for patients with one to three, four to nine, and ≥ 10 LN+ were 13.0%, 24.4%, and 31.9%, respectively (P < .0001). For patients with a tumor size of ≤ 2 cm, 2.1 to 5.0 cm, and more than 5.0 cm, these incidences were 14.9%, 21.3%, and 24.6%, respectively (P < .0001). Multivariate analysis showed age, tumor size, premenopausal status, number of LN+, and number of dissected LN as significant predictors for LRF as first event. Conclusion In patients with large tumors and four or more LN+, LRF as first event remains a significant problem. Although PMRT is currently recommended for patients with four or more LN+, it may also have value in selected patients with one to three LN+. However, in the absence of a randomized trial examining the worth of radiotherapy in this group of patients, the value of PMRT remains unknown.

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

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